Douluo Dalu: Shooting the Sun

"My original purpose of establishing this team was, on the one hand, to prepare for next year's Soul Master Competition, but more importantly, it was to improve our four single-attribute families and all of us."

"After so many years of hard work, you can basically reach the Soul Sect level, or even higher. This improvement is your own. Think about it, if you didn't have these years of training, would your soul power level, your actual combat experience, and each of your experiences have reached the current level?"

"If it's just for the championship, I can definitely find some people with better talents, who are more obedient and work harder to come and train. There are still many such geniuses in Tiandou Royal Academy, but why don't I choose them, but choose you people? Because you are a member of the four single-attribute families, because you are from the same school, and you are one."

"I don't care what news comes from the outside world or what the academy decides. I formed this team and I have the final say on everything. If you insist on inserting a new leader, or changing the training method, or letting someone else lead us, I can just disband the team or quit Tiandou Royal Academy. There is nothing in this world that cannot be solved."

"You may have heard about the rewards of the Soul Master Competition. I don't care at all. Isn't it just a few soul bones? Compared to this, I value the unity within the team more, and I value everyone's friendship and my own improvement more."

After saying this, Yang Podi looked at the people around him again and secretly thought about countermeasures.

With Yang Podi's current strength, it is easy for him to win the championship. Even the head soul bone as a championship reward is not so important now.

But this time, the main purpose of participating in the Soul Master Competition is to show the attitude of the Po Clan and the Yu Clan. By then, his grandfather Yang Wudi and grandfather Niu Gao will go to the Spirit Hall to receive the title. Before his strength is strong enough, he does not want to go against the Spirit Hall.

On the other hand, he just wanted to cause some trouble for the Shrek group. There was a certain hatred between his family and the Haotian Sect, and he really didn't want Tang San and his group to get the reward so easily.

The most important point is to fool Xue Qinghe. Yang Podi doesn't want to fall out with Xue Qinghe for the time being, nor does he want to disgust her too much. This guy has a strong desire for revenge.

As for the team, I'm not too worried.

Of the many people on the team, half were from his own family. The ones he was a bit worried about were Tai Long, Niu Meng, and Bai Xiaofei. Yang Podi wanted to take this opportunity to gauge their attitudes, and the attitudes of his two families. If they were determined to be on different paths, he would not bring them with him anymore, as they would be involved in many secrets.

After hearing what Yang Podi said, everyone at the scene breathed a sigh of relief, except Tailong, who still looked a little strange, as if he was very conflicted.

Yang Podi did not pay attention to the change in Tailong's expression. What choice the Li clan or Tailong should make was their own business.

The person who cared the least in the whole audience was actually Dugu Yan. The relationship between the Dugu family and the Poyi clan was already very good. Even if something unhappy happened, no one would dare to provoke her.

Of course, Yang Podi also planned to change everyone's training methods. After all, after long-term physical exercise, everyone's physical fitness has almost reached its limit, and there is no need to continue exercising.

Yang Podi looked at everyone and continued, "After such a long period of weighted obstacle running training, everyone's physical fitness has reached its limit and will not improve any further in the short term. Therefore, we will change the training method from now on. Everyone should meditate with all their strength in the simulated environment to improve their soul power as quickly as possible."

"Especially Tai Long and Bai Xiaofei, you two need to break through to the Soul Sect as soon as possible. I will arrange the next stage of training."

Yang Podi then spoke to Teacher Li Xiang beside him, "Teacher Li Xiang, only Yang Tianyue will continue with the weighted obstacle course training. The rest of us will focus on meditation. Please help monitor everyone's progress."

Teacher Li Xiang and Teacher Anya looked at each other and nodded. If Yang Tianyue was the only one there in the future, they would feel more relaxed.

As for going to the Great Soul Fighting Arena for the Soul Fighting Competition, Yang Podi felt that it was completely unnecessary.

In the past few years, since everyone broke through to the Soul Master level, everyone has arranged long-term soul fighting competitions, mainly single-player soul fighting competitions and double-player soul fighting competitions. Now all the personnel have silver soul fighting medals, and everyone is considered to have rich combat experience. The only thing they lack is the experience of life and death. Yang Podi plans to take everyone to the Sunset Forest for training in a while, so that they can truly improve.

Yang Podi himself was also meditating more, and basic training was no longer necessary. With Yang Podi's current physical fitness, although he was only a level 63 Soul Emperor, he was not afraid of a Soul Sage at all, and he even had a certain chance of winning against some ordinary Soul Douluo.

There has been a lot of news from the outside world recently, many of which are about the Soul Master Competition.

The first piece of news is that a group of elite disciples are said to have appeared in the Spirit Hall, and they are called the golden generation by Pope Bibi Dong. The outside world is not clear about their specific strength yet, but judging from the situation inside the Spirit Hall, there should be quite a few geniuses, and the Spirit Hall will do its best to cultivate them.

The second is about next year’s Soul Master Competition. Since this final is hosted by the Spirit Hall, the venue is not a relatively neutral place as in the past, but is directly held in the Spirit City.

Originally, the two empires were opposed, but the Spirit Hall seemed determined, especially in terms of the championship prize, and actually said that it would give out three soul bones that were more than ten thousand years old, and for the safety of the soul bones, the venue for the finals was set in the Pope's Hall in the Spirit City. Faced with such a reward, the two empires had no choice but to agree.

No matter which force it is, ten thousand year old soul bones are hard to come by, especially these three soul bones are all over thirty thousand years old. Many people were stunned when they heard the news.

Even within the Spirit Hall, it caused quite a stir, and the two empires were both trying to attract outstanding students, and obviously did not want to embarrass themselves too much.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that these three soul bones should be prepared for the so-called golden generation of the Spirit Hall, but the temptation is too great and the reward is too generous, and almost everyone has gone crazy.

The third thing is that the Po Clan and the Yu Clan actually sent out news that the Po Clan's patriarch Yang Wudi and the Yu Clan's patriarch Niu Gao would go to Wuhun City during the Soul Master Competition to accept the canonization from the Douluo Palace.

Logically speaking, all Titled Douluo need to go to the Spirit Hall to receive the title, otherwise the Spirit Hall has the right to punish the relevant personnel. After all, the Spirit Hall is a recognized holy place for spirit masters. In the eyes of many spirit masters, the status of the Spirit Hall is even higher than the two empires.

But the attitudes of Yang Wudi and Niu Gao were rather strange. Logically speaking, during the battle between Haotian Sect and Wuhun Hall, both families had a blood feud, and the two had been finding excuses not to accept the canonization of Titled Douluo.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Po Clan and the Yu Clan should be the vanguards against the Spirit Hall, but the two clan leaders actually expressed their stance at the same time, which shocked everyone.

The Spirit Hall, on the other hand, vigorously promoted the matter, as if the two sides wanted to make peace. The Spirit Hall even sent a special person, Ju Douluo, to visit in person to finalize the relevant matters of the enthronement.

Even their titles have been decided. Yang Wudi was named Soul-Breaking Douluo, and Niu Gao was named Plate-Armored Douluo. Both names came from their martial spirits, the Soul-Breaking Spear and the Plate-Armored Giant Rhinoceros.

As for the past hatred between the two sides, both Niu Gao and Yang Wudi said that accepting the canonization was a common practice in the soul master world, and that they would seek revenge on the relevant personnel of that year individually. The two even challenged Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo of that year to a duel through the air. For a moment, no one was clear about the attitudes of the two clans.

There were also some curious people who asked the Min clan and the Li clan, which are also two of the four single-attribute clans, about this matter. The two clans only stated that they would never forget the hatred of the past. As for the matter of Niu Gao and Yang Wudi accepting the titles, they kept their mouths shut and did not express any opinions.

Many people now feel that next year’s Soul Master Competition will probably cause a lot of trouble.

Some people even discovered that the four single-attribute families are fully committed to training the second team of Tiandou Royal Academy. The second team is basically composed of personnel from the four families. Next year's Soul Master Competition will be a huge highlight.

No matter what, the soul master world, which has been peaceful for more than ten years, seems to have suddenly become more grudges and hatreds, and it seems like the waves are rising again.

However, the people in the Spirit Hall were completely dismissive of the so-called Tiandou Royal Academy Team Two, especially the top executives. They knew even more clearly that the lineup of the Spirit Hall's Soul Master Competition would be unprecedentedly strong.

In short, the Soul Master Competition has not yet begun, but the debate among all parties seems to have already begun. Compared with the high profile of the Spirit Hall team, the Tiandou Royal Academy Team 2 is frighteningly low-key, because the members of Team 2 have not appeared in the outside world for a long time, and there is no way to know their strength.

Chapter 125 Trouble is coming

That morning, when Yang Podi was meditating in his dormitory, the academy suddenly sent someone to inform him that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had summoned him.

Yang Podi thought about it and felt that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was probably concerned about recent events in the outside world, so he decided to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first to see what his attitude was.

However, when Yang Podi got to the Education Commission building, there were quite a few people inside.

Looking back, it was the Crown Prince Xue Qinghe who was sitting there, and next to Xue Qinghe were the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect's Sect Master Ning Fengzhi, as well as Bone Douluo and Ning Rongrong.

Sitting on the left are the three teaching committee members of Tiandou Royal Academy, and sitting on the right are Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.

Yang Podi was confused. Why did these people gather together? It seemed that they had bad intentions.

Yang Podi saluted to the people: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, to Sect Master Ning, Senior Bone Douluo, and to the three members of the Education Committee!"

As for Yu Xiaogang and Tang San standing aside, they were just an ordinary teacher and student and didn't take it seriously at all.

Prince Xue Qinghe nodded with a smile: "Student Yang Podi, please sit down first."

Yang Podi found a random place to sit down. "Your Highness, may I ask what you want to hear from me about? I've been busy with my cultivation lately."

Xue Qinghe still had a smile on his face: "Student Yang Podi, have you heard about the Spirit Hall team?"

"I have heard that the Spirit Hall has a golden generation, and they are very powerful. But this should have no impact on us!"

Xue Qinghe thought for a moment before speaking: "The Spirit Hall has been very popular recently, especially the golden generation they have been promoting. It is said that they are extremely talented. According to our investigation, during the Spirit Master Competition next year, there should be many Spirit Kings on the Spirit Hall team, and they will be very powerful. I wonder if you are prepared."

Yang Podi thought for a moment before speaking: "Your Highness, it's just a Soul King. Our second team should also have two Soul Kings next year. We are definitely not afraid of a fight."

Hearing Yang Podi's words, everyone present was shocked. It's not that there haven't been Soul Kings in the history of the Soul Master Competition, but normally there is only one at most. No one expected that Team Two would have two Soul Kings next year. Their strength is much stronger than everyone imagined.

Prince Xue Qinghe shook his head: "The strength of two Soul Kings may not be enough. The current news of the Spirit Hall team is that there will be at least two Soul Kings, and possibly even three."

"Your Highness, there is nothing we can do about this. The Soul Master Competition requires that all participants must be under the age of 25. It is extremely difficult for Soul Kings under the age of 25 to appear. I am afraid that the Heaven Dou Empire will not have many Soul Kings anymore."

Just as Yang Podi said, there shouldn't be any more Soul Kings in the entire Tiandou Empire, and there isn't even one in the Xingluo Empire.

"The final of this Soul Master Competition is held in Wuhun City. The Spirit Hall has brought out three top-grade soul bones, and they are clearly determined to win. I wonder if you, Yang Podi, have any ideas?"

Yang Podi smiled and shook his head: "The Spirit Hall took out three top-grade soul bones, which clearly shows that they are determined to win the championship of the Soul Master Competition. Although soul bones are precious, you still need to have the strength to get them."

Xue Qinghe seemed to be a little serious: "Student Yang Podi, this is Yu Xiaogang, one of the leading teachers of Tiandou Team 1."

Yang Podi looked at Yu Xiaogang with some doubt: "Hello, Teacher Yu Xiaogang!"

Yu Xiaogang also nodded slightly.

Xue Qinghe continued, "Teacher Yu Xiaogang has a suggestion. He suggested combining Team 1 and Team 2 of the Tiandou Royal Academy and selecting all the outstanding disciples to participate. By then, the team will be stronger and have a higher chance of winning the Soul Master Competition."

Yang Podi shook his head: "Your Highness, Teacher Yu Xiaogang's idea may be good, but our second team has its own arrangements, and there is no need to combine with the first team. All of us in the second team are training hard in order to achieve good results in the Soul Master Competition."

Yu Xiaogang suddenly spoke up: "Student Yang Podi, I am suggesting this for the good of the team. There are still two people in your team who are only Soul Masters. Yu Tianheng from Team One is already a Soul Master, and his Soul is the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, which makes him even more powerful. Moreover, Ning Heng from Team One, whose Soul is the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, will be able to reach the Soul Master realm before the Soul Master Competition."

"If Team One and Team Two are combined, we will have the powerful attack of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Soul Sect and the ultimate assistance of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower Soul Sect. Under my leadership, I am confident that I will defeat the Spirit Hall team."

Yang Podi was silent for a moment before speaking: "The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex spirit and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower spirit are indeed powerful, but our team already has its own support, so there will be no problem with both attack and defense."

At this time, Ning Fengzhi suddenly spoke up: "Student Yang Podi, our Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda is the best auxiliary martial spirit in the world. If the team has the support of seven Glazed Pagoda spirit masters, the strength will be greatly improved. What do you think?"

Although Ning Fengzhi spoke suddenly, he still had a smile on his face, but there seemed to be a hint of refusability in his smile.

Yang Podi had no choice but to speak: "The Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda is recognized as the best auxiliary martial spirit on the continent. I have never doubted the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda's power to enhance the team. Moreover, Rongrong often comes to our second team to play, so we have some friendship."

"But I personally think that for a team, the most important thing is the cooperation between the players. All the members of our second team have been together day and night for six years, and they cooperate very well, so that their strength can be better exerted."

Before Ning Fengzhi could say anything, Yu Xiaogang spoke again: "There is still a year before the Soul Master Competition. If you allow me to train for a year, I can definitely develop tacit understanding among the team members."

Yang Podi just remained silent, with no intention of answering Yu Xiaogang's words. The scene suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

Yu Xiaogang looked at everyone and saw that they were silent. He didn't know what to say. It felt like no one at the scene seemed to be paying much attention to him.

Finally, it was Prince Xue Qinghe who spoke up: "Student Yang Podi, what do you think of Yu Xiaogang's teacher's suggestion? Is there anything wrong with it?"

Yang Podi pondered for a while before speaking: "I don't know how other people lead the team, but the way I lead the team is a little different from others."

"In my team, I have the final say on everything. No matter who it is, no one will object. Even Mr. Li Xiang can only give some suggestions at most. Whether it is carried out depends on whether I think it is necessary to implement it."

"The first thing I ask of all the team members is to obey orders. Whatever I ask them to do, they will do it without hesitation. Even if I ask them to die, they can't even frown."

"My players may not have the best talents, and many of them even have average talents, but I require everyone to train to the utmost every afternoon, so no one dares to be lazy, not even my relatives."

"For example, if I win the Soul Master Competition, I will take all three soul bones, and none of my teammates will dare to frown."

"One last thing. If my team cannot follow my instructions, I would rather not participate in the Soul Master Competition."

Yang Podi finished his words in a sonorous and powerful voice, which seemed full of determination and also full of rebelliousness.

The scene fell silent again. Everyone understood Yang Podi's attitude. Just like the people of the Pozhi clan, they would rather break than bend.

Xue Qinghe couldn't help but exclaimed: "I admire you! I admire you! I didn't expect that Yang Podi has such knowledge at such a young age. It really opens my eyes."

Yang Podi shook his head: "This is just my little idea of ​​building a team. Your Highness, thank you for the compliment."

At this time, Ning Fengzhi spoke again: "My friend's idea of ​​building a team is very good, but sometimes we still have to put the overall situation first."

Yang Podi looked at Ning Fengzhi in confusion. "Sect Leader Ning, I'm not sure what you mean by the overall situation. I personally think the current lineup is the best it can be. If you're truly interested, you can have Rongrong join our second team, but she'll likely only be a substitute."

Ning Fengzhi shook his head: "The overall situation I'm talking about is not this, it's about our three sects working together to fight against the Spirit Hall."

Yang Podi sneered in his heart, what does your three sects' nonsense have to do with my Poyi clan? Aren't you just trying to drag us into it?

Yang Podi shook his head: "Master Ning, please forgive me for laughing. The main members of our second team are from the four families with single attributes. The upper three sects are very powerful, so we should not be able to establish any relationship with them."

Yu Xiaogang seemed to be stimulated by something and spoke again: "How come your Poyi clan has no connection with the three sects? Don't forget that you used to be a subsidiary clan of Haotian Sect."

Yang Podi looked at Yu Xiaogang coldly: "Teacher Yu Xiaogang, did you make a mistake? Or did you forget some information?"

"We, the Po Yi clan, were abandoned by the Hao Tian Sect and have long since left the Hao Tian Sect. We no longer have any relationship with the Hao Tian Sect."

Yu Xiaogang was still unwilling to give up: "You Poyi clan, don't forget, if it weren't for being a subsidiary clan of Haotian Sect, how could it have developed?"

Yang Podi looked at Yu Xiaogang speechlessly for a moment: "During the battle with the Haotian Sect that year, my Poyi clan was abandoned by the Haotian Sect and more than half of them died. At that time, we announced our separation from the Haotian Sect and no longer had any relationship with it."

"Over the past ten years, my Po Yi clan has developed independently and has slowly recovered its vitality. Could it be that now, because of what Hao Tian Zong said, my Po Yi clan is required to continue to work for him?"

"I, Yang Podi, am a member of the Poyi Clan, and I stand tall and proud. From now on, neither I nor my Poyi Clan will work for anyone else."

Yu Xiaogang seemed to have lost his composure at this moment: "What happened back then was clearly the fault of the Spirit Hall. Have you, the Po Yi clan, forgotten the hatred you had with the Spirit Hall? The Spirit Hall killed many members of the Po Yi clan."

Yang Podi snorted coldly: "I don't care whose fault it was back then, whether it was the Haotian Sect or the Spirit Hall, it has nothing to do with us now. Regarding the hatred of the Spirit Hall, my grandfather and my grandfather have already challenged the Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo of the Spirit Hall. Everything will be discussed after this battle."

Tang San, who was standing by, quickly grabbed the calm Yu Xiaogang and said coldly, "Yang Podi, I hope you respect my teacher!"

Yang Podi sneered: "From beginning to end, I have never said anything disrespectful to your teacher. Whether it is the affairs of the Spirit Hall or the Haotian Sect, I don't want outsiders to interfere."

Tang San spoke again: "Regarding my teacher's formation of the Tiandou Royal Academy team, I hope you will respect my teacher's decision."

Yang Podi was speechless for a while, and ignored Tang San, but spoke directly to Xue Qinghe: "Your Highness, regarding the matter of Tiandou Royal Academy Team 2, I hope to carry out it according to our original agreement. I will lead the team to strive to achieve good results."

"If the team really needs to change, and I'm already at graduation age, I'll have no choice but to apply for early graduation."

As for Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, they didn't want to pay any attention to this master and disciple pair. If they had the ability, they could develop it on their own. It was none of their business.

Chapter 126: Tricking the Little Angel

After hearing what Yang Podi said, Tang San seemed to fall into a rage: "Yang Podi, I have already said that I hope you respect my teacher, otherwise don't blame me for being rude to you."

Yang Podi couldn't help but shook his head: "My classmate, I didn't disrespect your teacher from beginning to end. I don't know what you mean or why you said that. I just expressed my thoughts."

"If this is disrespecting your teacher, then I don't know how to respect your teacher."

After Yang Podi finished speaking, he bowed to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi and said, "Your Highness, Sect Master Ning, I still need to practice, so I will take my leave now."

Ning Fengzhi continued: "Wait a moment, Tang San, calm down first."

"Student Yang Podi, Tang San is a disciple of the Haotian Sect. I hope you can have a good exchange."

Yang Podi glanced at Ning Fengzhi, then at Tang San: "Sect Master Ning, I don't know what you mean by communication? My Poyi clan no longer has any relationship with the Haotian Sect. Regarding the team, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can decide. I have nothing to say."